Mihai Dudoiu is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and co-head of the firm’s banking and finance practice group, advising on all legal aspects related to banking & finance/project finance. His professional experience includes acting for local and international credit institutions financing real estate developments (commercial, office, residential and hotels), projects in the energy field with a particular focus on renewable energy (such as wind, hydro, photovoltaic, biomass, biogas and cogeneration), acquisitions and green-field investments in the energy sector. The credit and financial institutions, the investment companies and funds as well as the non-banking financial institutions are among his clients. Mihai Dudoiu has also specialised in providing assistance in relation to restructuring of non-performing loans, trading of distressed assets and insolvency matters. He has been involved in the largest deals taking place on the Romanian market in recent years. In addition, his experience includes advising on several cross-border acquisitions/disposals of NPLs in various Eastern European countries.
Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii fields a banking and finance team with an excellent reputation for representing local banks, the Romanian subsidiaries of international financial groups, and regional financial institutions in a range of matters. The group handles domestic and international transactions, and assists investment funds with NPL portfolio acquisitions. The practice is jointly led by the triumvirate of Stefan Damian, financing expert Mihai Dudoiu and Gabriela Anton, who brings two decades of experience in banking and finance law and is a key name for fintech matters. Managing associates Catalin Georgescu and Sergiu Negreanu are key contacts.
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‘The team is most helpful to work under very short deadlines, managing to delivery even on short notice. Once they confirm a cooperation you can rest assured they will deliver. They are pro-business focused and solutions oriented. I value greatly their legal expertise.’
‘Deliver fast and good/reliable solutions. I recommend Gabriela Anton, Mihai Dudoiu and Sergiu Negreanu.’
‘We recommend Gabriela Anton, Mihai Dudoiu and Catalin Georgescu.’
‘Responsive and helpful, strong on fintech.’
‘Gabriela Anton in easy to work with and provides clear advice.’
Key clients
- AnaCap
- APS Zeta S.A.
- Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) and Erste Goup
- Banca Transilvania
- BRD Groupe Société Générale S.A. and Société Générale
- Deutsche Bank
- Expur
- ING Bank
- Loan Agency Services SRL
- OTP Bank Romania
- Partners for Growth VI, L.P.
- Raiffeisen Bank
- Ribbank Letonia
- Serraghis Asset Management S.A.
- Speedwell Group
Work highlights
- Assisting Banca Comerciala Romana as mandated lead arranger with the €228m financing extended to MedLife Group.
- Advising APS Holding, Deutsche Bank, Ana Cap, on the takeover by the APS of two portfolios of non-performing loans amounting to €100m.
- Acting for Cineworld Group on a financial restructuring process.
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Gabriela Anton is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii, specialising mainly in banking and finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector. Her other areas of practice are corporate and commercial law.Gabriela has advised credit institutions, investment funds, and other international financial institutions, as well as borrowers, on a wide range of transactions, such as project finance and corporate finance in various industries. She has also been involved in mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, restructuring projects and the transfer of banking assets, including non-performing loan portfolios.Gabriela’s expertise cover the entire transactional process, from the coordination of the due diligence work to the assistance in the structuring of the transaction, the preparation and the negotiations of the transaction documents up to the financial closing. She is also skilled in handling all legal aspects relating to the disposal of large portfolio of non-performing loans - NPLs (corporate, retail etc), having been involved in the largest deals taking place on the Romanian market in recent years. In addition, her experience includes advising on several cross-border acquisitions/disposals of NPLs in various Eastern European countries. Gabriela is fluent in English and has a good command of French language.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stefan Damian, Mihai Dudoiu, Gabriela Anton